I want to lift the front of my Sycro another 2 to 3 cm so there will be
equal distances between the center of the wheels and the top of the fenders.

The trick that I always use on VW Golf struts doesn't work with the Syncro
struts.  To lift the rear of a Golf; remove spring perch from the strut,
install 1.5" ID pipe (same ID as the spring perch) that is as long as the
desired lift and reinstall the spring perch.  The spring perch on the
Syncro strut is welded in place so this trick cannot be used.

What I need to know is if there is another strut out there that has the
same OD as the Syncro strut but with a removeable spring perch.  This way I
could install the new spring perch on top of the original one.  The other
catch to this is that the perch must hold the same diameter spring as the
Syncro uses to prevent the spring from moving side to side.

Forgive the ASCII art...

Fig 1

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 |   |          Original Syncro front strut
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{  o  }
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Fig 2

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 |   |          Modified Syncro front strut
 |   |          with "new" perch.
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{  o  }
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I would simply install a removable spring perch on top of the original one.
 This I figure would safely give the desired lift that I need to make
things even... and give me 30cm of ground clearance!

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